'Cause I do so much homework I'm good to go on the first take; I don't want to rehearse. I like the element of what's unpredictable of that first take and nobody knows what's going to happen, and I'm a big fan of that.

I keep everything very simple. I like telling stories.

I try my best to find variety in what I'm doing, but there's a lot out there that's the same.

We did a lot of that in drama school: intellectualising and maybe justifying your position. 'I am a thinking actor and I have thought this through' - well, just do it. I much prefer the doing aspect.

I'm not going to talk about my private life with a total stranger, unless I feel like I need to. Why would I? I don't.

It's more interesting isn't it, if I've got a hedonistic dark side?

If there's friends around, I'll cook. Or if I have a girlfriend. But on my own I kind of fell out of the habit of it, and it's a shame really because I know it's good for me. It's something quite therapeutic.